Coming into the 2014 NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed, few believed that UConn would make a run to the Sweet 16, much less the Final Four. Now the Huskies are one game away from winning the national championship after toppling Florida, 63-53, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

It was UConn's second victory this season over Florida, the NCAA tournament's top overall seed. The Huskies snapped the Gators' 30-game winning streak with this victory.

While Shabazz Napier has been the unchallenged leader for the Huskies throughout the NCAA tournament, junior DeAndre Daniels took over against Florida. The 6'9", 195-pound forward tallied 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Huskies in both categories.

Head coach Kevin Ollie spoke about his junior's breakout game on the big stage, via CBS Eye on College Basketball:

During the postgame broadcast on TBS, Daniels said his performance was fueled by UConn going relatively unnoticed throughout its tournament run:

I just wanted to step up big time for my team. I spoke to [former UConn coach] Jim Calhoun yesterday and he said, "Man, nobody's talking about you." I said, "Don't worry, everybody's going to be talking about me after Saturday." I told him I'm going to go out there and play hard and give it my all.

... We wanted to come out here and prove everybody wrong because nobody gave us a shot to win this game.

The game started out on a great note for the Gators. After jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the early going, they claimed a 16-4 lead and were en route to a blowout victory 10 minutes into the game. Florida was not only crushing the Huskies offensively, but was smothering them with a full-court press.

That was where it all went wrong in the first half.

UConn finally broke through with a run of its own and got the score back to 16-15 in a two-minute span, then eventually took its first lead at 21-20 with 3:20 left in the first half. More importantly, the Huskies were cracking Florida's defense with relative ease, as John Werner of the Waco Tribune-Herald noted:

Tremendous comeback for the Huskies to tie the game at 20. They're starting to look really comfortable against Florida's defense.

The Gators' poor offense continued early in the second half as UConn continued to suffocate their experienced scorers. Both Daniels and Ryan Boatright were igniting the team as Napier took a backseat, allowing the juniors to shine.

With Napier drawing much of the attention from Florida defenders, Daniels took over in the paint to help UConn pull away for good.

Though they had already proven to be the better team, the Huskies then attempted to demoralize the Gators. A full-court pass to Niels Giffey gave UConn a 12-point lead with just under two minutes remaining, which marked the largest deficit for Florida all season, as March Madness TV noted:

This is the biggest deficit for the whole season for Florida; 61-51 with 1:57 left to play on TBS.

With the victory, Ollie has reached the championship game in just his second year of coaching and first NCAA tournament. Jason Horowitz of Westwood One Sports pointed out just how rare of a feat that is:

Kevin Ollie the 6th coach to reach #FinalFour since 1979 in first ever tournament, but only Steve Fisher won title in 1989. #Uconn

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Will UConn win the national championship?

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No, Kentucky or Wisconsin will be up to the task.

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UConn now moves on to face another daunting task against either No. 8 Kentucky or No. 2 Wisconsin. Much like UConn, the Wildcats weren't expected to get to this point, but have an elite talent in Julius Randle along with great players like James Young and Aaron and Andrew Harrison.

If UConn has to match up with Wisconsin, the threat of Frank Kaminsky looms large. The 7'0", 234-pound junior can find his shot anywhere on the court and has already dashed the hopes of a No. 1 seed in Arizona.

With the run that the Huskies have already put together, discount UConn's chances of winning the title at your own risk.